With the Keeper experiment this season, there's already some confusion on how to determine where you selected a player last season. Keep in mind, this is an experiment, and if it fails, we will tweak it or kill it off.
So how does this work? Glad you asked.
Originally, the keeper was going to be the first round pick for everyone... until ESPN updated their keeper rules allowing keepers to be selected in any round and based on the previous year's selection.
This means if I selected TE Mark Andrews in the 5th round last year and want to keep him, he will auto default to my fifth round pick this season. Picked up a rookie sensation like Jamar Chase in the 12th round because he was an unknown commodity? He defaults to your 12th round pick this season despite being a first or second round pick this season. Fortune favors the bold.
This also helps to keep the playing field a bit even. If you're only decent player was a TE, it's hard to justify using the first round pick on them.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO KEEP ANY PLAYERS. If you decide you don't want to keep anyone on your squad, fine... you will draft as normal... Prepare for some hiccups during the draft though. This is new for everyone, including ESPN, so I'm not 100% optimistic that the bugs are worked out.
So how do I figure out where I drafted a player last season. 2 ways...
First Way:
Go to League -> League History -> Draft Recap
Second:
Go to League -> League History -> Select Your Team -> Select Player -> Scroll all the way to the bottom of the Player card.
Q: But what if the player I want was an undrafted free agent?
A: That player will default to the final round pick.
Q: What if I want to keep a player another team drafted but I picked up as a free agent later in the season?
A: The keeper will default to the original draft round.
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